Event overview

6 November 2018 - 12 November 2018

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Chicago, United States

Information

As part of the yearly IEM competition together with Katowice, Sydney and Shanghai, IEM Chicago will feature the world's best 16 teams in CSGO who are battling over a lion's share of the $250,000 USD prize pool from November 10-11, 2018.

Format

Group Stage- Two double-elimination groups- 8 teams in each group- The initial matches are Best-of-One- All following matches are Best-of-Three- Top 3 teams from each group advance to playoffs

Playoffs- Single-elimination bracket- The Quarterfinals and Semifinals are Best-of-Three- The Grand Final is Best-of-Five